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Re: Who to keep

I read Brendon Ayanbadejo is due $940,000. He is 36 and almost exclusively a special teamer.

Being so tight to the cap, I could see him being cut to save a few bucks.

Especially since he had that stupid Twitter outburst and his gay marriage stance. I don't care much for mixing football and politics.

Fortunately, all indications are that the Ravens make decisions based on a player's value on the field & in the locker room--not whether the organization (much less some of the fans) care for his freely-expressed personal political beliefs. Last fall BA said his piece supporting same-sex gay marriage, Birk published an op-ed in Minneapolis opposing it, & for all that it affected the team they might as well have been debating where to get the best steamed crabs in Bawlmer. (And "that stupid Twitter outburst" didn't seem to keep the team from handing the Pats their tukhises the following Sunday.)

IIRC the minimum NFL salary for 2013 is something like $715K. One might ask if at his age & with his skill set Dejo is worth the extra quarter-mil, but let's be realistic--letting him go wouldn't make much dent in the cap. Maybe not any, since a serviceable replacement might cost as much, or more.

Re: Who to keep

Originally Posted by lobachevsky

Fortunately, all indications are that the Ravens make decisions based on a player's value on the field & in the locker room--not whether the organization (much less some of the fans) care for his freely-expressed personal political beliefs. Last fall BA said his piece supporting same-sex gay marriage, Birk published an op-ed in Minneapolis opposing it, & for all that it affected the team they might as well have been debating where to get the best steamed crabs in Bawlmer. (And "that stupid Twitter outburst" didn't seem to keep the team from handing the Pats their tukhises the following Sunday.)

IIRC the minimum NFL salary for 2013 is something like $715K. One might ask if at his age & with his skill set Dejo is worth the extra quarter-mil, but let's be realistic--letting him go wouldn't make much dent in the cap. Maybe not any, since a serviceable replacement might cost as much, or more.

Cutting BA would save roughly 400 k in total if you replace him with a rookie. Worth it? Probably not.